Tsar Bell

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The Tsar Bell is an enormous, uncracked bronze bell displayed in the Moscow Kremlin, famous as the largest bell ever cast and a symbol of Russian craftsmanship and imperial ambition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bell
cultural heritage object
monument
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Tsar Kolokol
Tsar Kolokol III
castIn 1735
castingMethod lost-wax casting
commissionedBy Empress Anna Ioannovna
constructionEnd 1735
constructionStart 1733
country Russia
craftsman Ivan Motorin
Mikhail Motorin
currentUse exhibition object
damagedBy fire of 1737
damageType cracked
large piece broken off
decoratedWith images of saints
inscriptions
portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna
reliefs
designedBy Ivan Motorin
Mikhail Motorin
diameter about 6.6 meters
era 18th century
fragmentWeight about 11.5 tons
hasPart large broken fragment
height about 6.14 meters
heritageStatus part of Moscow Kremlin UNESCO World Heritage Site
languageOfInscriptions Church Slavonic
locatedIn Ivanovskaya Square
linked to: Borovitskaya Square
locatedNear Ivan the Great Bell Tower
location Moscow Kremlin
locationCity Moscow
locationCountry Russia
mass about 200 tons
material bronze
neverUsedFor ringing
ownedBy Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
partOf Kremlin architectural ensemble
predecessor earlier Kremlin bells destroyed by fire
publicAccess yes
symbolOf Moscow Kremlin
Russian craftsmanship
imperial ambition
touristAttraction yes
weightClaim largest bell ever cast

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Moscow Kremlin hasPart Tsar Bell